The gunman charged with killing Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was found guilty January 21 and jailed for life. The shooting more than three years ago forced a reckoning in a country with ...

Prime Minister Takaichi greeted President Lee, who stepped out of his vehicle, with a bright smile and said, “Konnichiwa.

Japan’s opposition political forces have repeatedly formed new parties or merged with each other over the past 30 years in their efforts to counter the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party. The ...

Tetsuya Yamagami pleaded guilty to shooting the former prime minister with a homemade gun in 2022, an act he tied to ...

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, earlier admitted to killing Abe in July 2022 as the former prime minister was giving a campaign speech ...

Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, had admitted to shooting Mr. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister; but his case divided Japan.

A man who admitted to killing former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has been sentenced to life in prison. Tetsuya ...

A New Year visit to Ise Jingu is a tradition for prime ministers. During the third Abe Cabinet in 2015, Ms Takaichi, then Internal Affairs and Communications Minister, accompanied Mr Abe on his visit.

The Yamagami Tetsuya trial, which began in October after he admitting to killing former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo in 2022, has increased anxieties about political corruption and the Liberal Democratic ...

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A humorous moment stole the spotlight during Carlos Alcaraz’s second-round Australian Open match against Yannick Hanfmann ...